Ardian Gashi

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Ardian Gashi
Personal information
Full name Ardian Gashi
Date of birth June 20, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth Gjakova, Kosovo
Height 172 cm
Position Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club SK Brann
Number 14
Youth clubs
Norway KIL/Hemne Fotball
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
2001
2002
2003
2004-2006
2006-
Norway Molde
Norway Ørn-Horten
Norway Vålerenga (loan)
Norway Vålerenga
Norway SK Brann
4 (0)
26 (8)
14 (1)
62 (9)
7 (0)
National team**

2004-
Norway Norway U21
Norway Norway
18 (2)
7(0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of November 5 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of August 2006.

Ardian Gashi (born June 20, 1981 in Gjakova, Kosovo) is a Kosovar-Norwegian football midfielder. His current club is Brann.

Gashi was born in Kosovo, but his family moved to Norway as refugees when Gashi was eight years old. Gashi is now a Norwegian citizen, and has played for the Norwegian national team.

Gashi started his career in his local amateur team KIL/Hemne. After short stays in Molde and Ørn Horten he went to Oslo to play for Vålerenga on loan in 2003, and later permanently.

Gashi was an important player in Vålerenga's surprisingly good 2004 season, when the club finished as runners-up in the Norwegian Premier League.

In the 2005 season Gashi missed a number of games in August, due to having to serve a prison sentence for breaking the speed limits while driving. He was sentenced to 18 days in prison, but was released after 14, for good behavior, and thus managed to play in Vålerenga's 1-0 loss. [citation needed] He was later to play in the penalty shootout loss against Club Brügge in the last round of UEFA Champions League qualification.

On August 30 2006, Gashi signed for Brann in as surprising transfer worth about NOK 7.000.000 (£580.000, €865.000).

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